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A favour

I wonder if someone could do me a favour, you see I promised my Aunts that I would not look for a Birth Certificate, but I am getting so curious as to what my Nanny put down for the Fathers name.

So I thought you may be able to help me on here, as then I have not actually looked for it myself, now have I

So here goes, I just want to know what she put down as the Fathers name, the Birth Certificate is for a Frederick Pritchard, born Bethnal Green/Hackney in December 1916 Mothers name is Ada Pritchard I can't give any more info than that, now the Fathers name, may well be listed as William Pritchard, if so she has lied on the certificate , as my Grandad had been KIA in August 1915, but I am so curious as to what she has put down, so if anyone can do this for me would be very grateful, of course goes without saying that it will be kept between ourselves.

I am now very confused.com Wood, where does Wood come into it, my Grandmothers maiden name was Crossley and she married my Grandfather and became Pritchard and then went on to marry her childhood sweet heart Phil Green, so I wonder what she was up to. and plus Uncle Fred was Frederick Pritchard

Ok thanks Kerrywood, I know it was a long shot, and I really can't order the certificate, becuase I promised I would not.

Hi Sorry I can't, I made a promise not to send for the certificate and I have to stick to that promise, its really "recent" history and does have repercussions for some members of my family. That is the problem when you uncover something that has been hidden. Never mind perhaps one day.

I am now very confused.com Wood, where does Wood come into it, my Grandmothers maiden name was Crossley and she married my Grandfather and became Pritchard and then went on to marry her childhood sweet heart Phil Green, so I wonder what she was up to. and plus Uncle Fred was Frederick Pritchard

Ok thanks Kerrywood, I know it was a long shot, and I really can't order the certificate, becuase I promised I would not.

When Frederick married, if he did what name did he put in for father?
As the entry for his birth is registered as Pritchard and it has mothers maiden name of Crossley my guess is she put her dead husband down as father, it happened a lot more than we realised in war time.